A long time ago I left Wall Street for Main Street. It is a decision that I have never regretted. Both of the law firms I worked for, before my wife and I founded our own law firm, banked on the success of Wall Street’s largest banks.

Even back in the late ’80s, when Wall Street still had a certain level of prestige, I felt increasingly uncomfortable hitching my future success on that wagon.

Wall Street may have been an exciting place for a young lawyer, but leaving it allowed me to have the life that I was looking for and have a clear conscience at the same time.

And those feelings, which drove me to set up permanent residence on Main Street U.S.A, are no longer mine alone.

And that’s a good thing for our economy and our housing market. Because it is Main Street that will lead our economy back to greatness.